1986 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

The 1986 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in the Western Athletic Conference during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their tenth season under head coach Dick Tomey, the Rainbow Warriors compiled a 7–5 record.^[1][2]

1986 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	7–5 (4–4 WAC)
Head coach	Dick Tomey (10th season)
Home stadium	Aloha Stadium
Seasons ← 1985 1987 →

1986 Western Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
San Diego State $	7	–	1	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
BYU	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	5	–	0
Air Force	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Hawaii	4	–	4	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Colorado State	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Wyoming	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
New Mexico	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	8	–	0
UTEP	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	8	–	0
Utah	1	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
August 30	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (rivalry)	L 17–24	46,242
September 6	Wisconsin*	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	W 20–17	45,403
September 20	UTEP	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	W 31–21	46,427
October 4	New Mexico	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	W 27–10	46,119
October 18	at Colorado State	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	L 7–31	28,310
October 25	Cal State Fullerton*	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	W 26–15	34,530–40,423	[3]
November 1	at Utah	Robert Rice Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	W 33–13	26,274
November 8	BYU	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	L 3–10	46,485
November 15	Fresno State	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI (rivalry)	W 24–13	40,487
November 22	at San Diego State	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA	L 5–35	23,838
November 29	Wyoming	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI (rivalry)	W 35–19	40,383
December 6	No. 4 Michigan*	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	L 10–27	50,000	[4]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

Personnel

1986 Hawaii Warriors football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB M.L. Johnson Sr DL Al Noga Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Dick Tomey Coordinators/assistant coaches Robert Anae (Graduate assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt